Upcoming Vedic Events

Jul 5, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026
Vedic Meditation, Mantra & Upasana: Monthly Drop in Class
A monthly doorway into the Vedic path of sacred inner practice
Included for members of the Inner Mandala
This monthly drop-in class begins in August 2026.
Beginning August, Acharya Shunya will host this live online class on the first Sunday of every month from 7:00 to 8:00 AM PT.
Each month offers a new sadhana and a time-tested ancient technique from the Vedic tradition, often including rare mantras, meditation, sacred sound, chanting, and contemplative practice rooted in Acharya Shunya’s living Vedic lineage.
You are welcome to join the class live. If the timing does not work for you, you will receive private access to the class recording afterward, with access available for 3 months. This allows seekers from around the world to participate in their own time and return to the teaching whenever their heart is ready.
Upasana means drawing near. Through mantra, dhyana, chanting, and sacred attention, the mind becomes quieter, steadier, and more available to truth.
This monthly drop-in offers a rare doorway into that sacred path.
When: First Class of this series is sceduled on Sunday, August 3rd, 2026
Time: 7 AM , PT
How: Register and a Zoom link will be sent to you.

Jul 11, 2026
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Jul 11, 2026
Monthly Veda Sangha With Acharya Shunya
Foundational Vedic Wisdom for Sacred Living with Acharya Shunya
Free will donations welcome
Beginning July 2026, Acharya Shunya will offer Monthly Veda Sangha on the second Saturday of each month.
This gathering is open to all sincere seekers and offered on a free will donation basis.
Each month, Acharya Shunya shares accessible teachings from the Vedic tradition for those who want to live with greater meaning, peace, clarity, and inner freedom. These sessions are rooted in ancient wisdom, yet offered in a way that speaks to modern life, relationships, work, family, spiritual longing, and the search for truth.
Topics may include karma, how our actions shape our life and consciousness; dharma, the art of living with truth and inner alignment; purushartha, the four aims of a meaningful life; and ashrama dharma, the wisdom of life stages and natural human propensities.
Teachings may also include sacred householder living, Ayurveda, Goddess wisdom, Yoga, Vedanta, and the four yogas as pathways for inner growth.
All sincere seekers are welcome.
Begins: July 2026
When: Second Saturday of each month
Access: Live online gathering
Offering: Free will donation
Who may attend: All sincere seekers are welcome

Aug 27, 2026
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Aug 31, 2026
Summer Spiritual Retreat with Acharya Shunya and Krishna Das
A multi-day retreat for healing, reflection, and spiritual renewal.
Study with Acharya Shunya in Person,
Chant along with Krishna Das.
Join Acharya Shunya alongside renowned Kirtan artist Krishna Das, with Nina Rao, David Nichtern, Raghu Markus and others for a transformative summer retreat hosted by the Love Serve Remember Foundation.
Set in the peaceful mountains of Boone, North Carolina, this retreat offers a sacred space for healing, reflection, and reconnecting with inner freedom.
Experience spiritual teachings, community, and the restorative power of nature in a deeply supportive environment.

Oct 11, 2026
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Oct 20, 2026
Navratri 2026: Sacred Surrender and the Divine Feminine
A live online journey of mantra, meditation, Goddess teachings, and sacred community with Acharya Shunya
For over 15 years, seekers around the world have gathered with Acharya Shunya during Navratri to pause, pray, and return to the wisdom of the Divine Mother.
This year, join a global community for daily morning satsang, where Acharya Shunya will guide mantra, meditation, and teachings on the Goddess of the day.
Come if you are tired from carrying too much. Come if your heart longs for strength, softness, clarity, and sacred renewal.
The Essential Navratri Journey includes nine morning transmissions, an opening orientation, a closing celebration, community access, and a rich Navratri resource library.
Optional afternoon immersions are also available for those who wish to go deeper into the Goddess of the day.
Where: Online
When: Registered participamts will be sent Zoom links for the imtroductory workshop on October 4th, morning discorses from Oct 11 to 19, and conlcuding retreat on oct 20th.

Jan 21, 2027
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Apr 29, 2027
The Sovereign Self Paradigm 2027
A 12-week guided journey into Vedic Wisdom with Acharya Shunya
Supported by senior Vedic teacher Sadhvi Ishani
Your true Self is not weak, broken, confused, or incomplete.
In the Vedic tradition, this inner presence is known as the Sakshi, the witnessing consciousness. It is the quiet, aware Self within you that sees your thoughts, emotions, fears, roles, and life experiences, without being limited by them.
In this course, Acharya Shunya reveals nine hidden qualities of this true Self, spiritual powers that can transform the way you live, love, lead, heal, and meet the world.
In this 12-week course, Vedic scholar, author, and lineage-ordained master teacher Acharya Shunya guides you into a direct and practical understanding of Sakshi Bhava, the sacred art of standing in the awareness of the witness. Through this recognition, you begin to access the sovereignty, clarity, courage, compassion, and freedom that already live within you.
Since Sovereign Self was published in 2020, this course has been offered every year and has become one of Acharya Shunya’s most beloved and popular programs. Students often describe it as life-changing because it does not merely offer ideas. It gives you a way to return to your own unbounded consciousness, again and again, in the midst of real life.
As you awaken to your essential nature as limitless awareness, life begins to transform through this recognition itself.
When: Next cohort begins Jan 21
Where: Online
Online: Register early to reserve your seat. Participants will be sent a Zoom link and provided access to recordings and a community hub where they can share with co-participants and teacher.

Mar 7, 2027
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Mar 28, 2027
Gayatri Sadhana 2027
A 4-Part Workshop Series with Acharya Shunya
Includes Gayatri meditation, Gayatri Pranayama, four ways of chanting the mantra with chakra alignment, word-by-word meaning, assimilation, and daily sadhana guidance.
Join Acharya Shunya for a week-long Gayatri Mantra Sadhana immersion, offered every March to a devoted community of seekers.
Gayatri is one of the most revered mantras of the Vedic tradition, a mantra of divine light, awakened intelligence, and inner guidance. In this immersion, Acharya Shunya introduces Gayatri not only as a chant, but as a living sadhana, a sacred practice that can be returned to again and again.
You will receive traditional Gayatri meditation, word-by-word meaning of the mantra, Gayatri Pranayama, and practical sadhana guidance for your daily life. Acharya Shunya will also teach the four subtle levels of sacred speech through which mantra deepens: outer speech, mental speech, perceptive speech, and transcendental speech.
This beloved annual immersion often fills to capacity, with many students returning year after year and reporting meaningful inner change through repeated practice.
Registration includes lifetime access to the video recordings and access to a dedicated community space, so you can continue deepening your relationship with Gayatri over time.
